Sarah Robe Howland was born in Adams county, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1837. She grew to womanhood and was married to Robert H. Askren in the same community. They began their life work together on Jan. 6, 1864, and their ways parted only when he was called to his reward on the 13th day of March, 1884, and his weary body was laid to rest in the quiet country church yard on the Parallel ....to this union were born five children, one dying in infancy, but four still survive to perpetuate the influence of this holy union. Lincoln B., David M., and Robert M., of nearby Circleville, Kan., and Mrs. Minerva J. Nelson, of Kansas City, Kan., remain to call her blessed. She raised two step-children, Pat M. Askren, of Hobart, Okla., and Lizzie Clowe, of Kanza, Colo. They came to Kansas in 1870 and made their home near Holton until the spring of 1880, when they moved to the home near Pea Ridge, where they both closed their eyes to earthy things .... She joined the Presbyterian church in her girlhood and lived in that community until Father R. P. Hamm organized the M. E. church at Pea Ridge, when she and her husband joined them .... On March 4, 1913, she was stricken with paralysis, and until the final relief came, December 27, she was helpless but not hopeless ... Her four children, 11 grandchildren, two step-children .... The Holton Recorder, January 8, 1914.
Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Askren died at her son’s home David Askren, Saturday morning, and was buried at Pleasant Grove cemetery. The Holton Signal, January 1, 1914.
Source: "Selected Death Notices, Jackson County, Kansas" by Dan Fenton, abstracted obituaries.
Contributor: Anna (47917889) • [email protected]
Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Askren died at her son’s home David Askren, Saturday morning, and was buried at Pleasant Grove cemetery. The Holton Signal, January 1, 1914.
Source: "Selected Death Notices, Jackson County, Kansas" by Dan Fenton, abstracted obituaries.
Contributor: Anna (47917889) • [email protected]
Sarah Robe Howland was born in Adams county, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1837. She grew to womanhood and was married to Robert H. Askren in the same community. They began their life work together on Jan. 6, 1864, and their ways parted only when he was called to his reward on the 13th day of March, 1884, and his weary body was laid to rest in the quiet country church yard on the Parallel ....to this union were born five children, one dying in infancy, but four still survive to perpetuate the influence of this holy union. Lincoln B., David M., and Robert M., of nearby Circleville, Kan., and Mrs. Minerva J. Nelson, of Kansas City, Kan., remain to call her blessed. She raised two step-children, Pat M. Askren, of Hobart, Okla., and Lizzie Clowe, of Kanza, Colo. They came to Kansas in 1870 and made their home near Holton until the spring of 1880, when they moved to the home near Pea Ridge, where they both closed their eyes to earthy things .... She joined the Presbyterian church in her girlhood and lived in that community until Father R. P. Hamm organized the M. E. church at Pea Ridge, when she and her husband joined them .... On March 4, 1913, she was stricken with paralysis, and until the final relief came, December 27, she was helpless but not hopeless ... Her four children, 11 grandchildren, two step-children .... The Holton Recorder, January 8, 1914.
Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Askren died at her son’s home David Askren, Saturday morning, and was buried at Pleasant Grove cemetery. The Holton Signal, January 1, 1914.
Source: "Selected Death Notices, Jackson County, Kansas" by Dan Fenton, abstracted obituaries.
Contributor: Anna (47917889) • [email protected]
Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Askren died at her son’s home David Askren, Saturday morning, and was buried at Pleasant Grove cemetery. The Holton Signal, January 1, 1914.
Source: "Selected Death Notices, Jackson County, Kansas" by Dan Fenton, abstracted obituaries.
Contributor: Anna (47917889) • [email protected]
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